Setting a Case for Trial: Rule 1.440 Means What It Says (Florida‪)‬

What we've got here is a failure to communicate." One of the more memorable movie lines from the 1967 classic Cool Hand Luke, delivered by a road boss at a rural southern prison, summarized continued escape attempts by Paul Newman's character in the face of escalating punishment. In today's vernacular, the boss might simply say, "You just don't get it." Both lines could be applied to trial courts and attorneys to describe the continued misapprehension of Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.440 and the simple, straightforward process it describes for setting a case for trial.